Thank you so much for all the response for the book
- the day after the last ezine issue released, my inbox was flooded
with
feedback forms - some of you even put up great reviews on Amazon.
Thank you.
Look at the template designs above from Studio
F - these are no
ordinary templates! You can use them anywhere - from boardroom
presentations to IPOs and business proposals to church presentations.
I liked them so much that I asked Studio F to offer a special rate
for Indezine readers - they came back with an excellent response.
Check the offer here to see it for yourself...
Giveaways and More
In the last issue, I announced the ppted giveaway of the Native
American collection of PowerPoint templates - congratulations
to the winners who include David Cox, Deb Rockwell, Diana Orlemann,
Don Sublett, Henk Fritjers, Ron Middleton, Tom Hodgers, and Theresa
Vermillion.
And now for more goodies - ppted is giving away
five copies of their Green
Gaze collection
of PowerPoint templates. To win, all you
need to do is fill
in this form. Mention "Green Gaze" in
the Comments field - the sweepstakes ends on February 22nd.
There's an exlusive Indezine excerpt from Barbara
Brundage's Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual - check it here...
Scrolling Credits in PowerPoint
Creating scrolling credits works differently
depending on which version of PowerPoint you are using.
PowerPoint 2002 or 2003:
Type some text in a text box or placeholder, or choose an
existing text box or placeholder on a slide.
Select the text box or placeholder, and choose Slide Show
| Custom Animation. This will activate the Custom Animation task
pane.
In the Custom Animation task pane, click on the Add Effect
button to reveal a fly-out menu. In this fly-out menu, choose
Entrance | Credits. If the Credits option is not available, choose
Entrance | More Effects to summon the Add Entrance Effect dialog
box. Choose the Credits option in the Exciting category, and
click OK.
You might want to change the speed to Medium in the Custom
Animation task pane, and the Start option to With Previous (default
is On Click).
To create a Star Wars style credits screen, look here...
PowerPoint 97 and 2000:
Create a text box - a regular rectangle or any AutoShape.
Start inputting your text straightaway - for example:
Goodness God
Amazing Ants
Helpless Haunted House
PowerPoint Perils
Monday Merits
Now that you've entered all the names or any other text you
need, deselect the text box. Click on the periphery of the text
box to select the text box, not the text inside the box!
Press the Alt key on the keyboard - with the Alt key still
pressed, drag and move the entire text box above the area off
your slide. Right click your text box, and choose 'Custom Animation'
from the options in the flyout menu.
In the 'Effects' tab of
the Custom Animation dialog box, choose 'Crawl From Bottom' in
the 'Entry Animation' drop down menu.
Proceed to the 'Order and Timing' tab and select the radio
button representing 'Automatically' and change the value to 00:00
seconds. Preview your animation - tweak settings again in the
'Custom Animation' box if required.
